The competition is getting fiercer, but 
when it comes to online video sales, Apple is still king of the hill.
New data from IHS Screen Digest shows that iTunes was the leader in movie electronic sell through and internet video on demand last year, besting pushes from Amazon, Wal-Mart and others with a commanding 2/3 market share.
One of the problems with being a 
gamer during the holidays is you get a lot of duplicates of games you already own – or, worse, a collection of titles you never wanted in the first place. And not everyone is kind enough to include a gift receipt.
There’s money in those unwanted games, though – and there are a variety of ways to cash in on them.
Those pundits who have been 
focusing on the threat OnLive, a video game streaming service, poses to the traditional video game industry might want to expand their focus a little.
The company now says it plans to expand into subscription video streaming in 2011. And Amazon could be right behind it.
Consumers may be planning to spend
less on gifts overall this holiday season, but that frugality seemingly won’t apply when it comes to consumer electronics.
Fueled by demand for Apple’s iPad and Amazon’s Kindle eReader, gadgets are expected to be the top category in retail during the fourth quarter. A survey from the Consumer Electronics Association finds that consumers will spend an average of $232 on gadgets and gizmos this year.
Apple might be one of the most 
dominant players in the entertainment and technology worlds, but to climb to that pinnacle, it adopted a business model that would make most strategists wince.
Rather than choosing one sector to conquer, the house that Steve Jobs built opted to fight a multi-front war. What’s amazing is that Apple has won so often on so many battlegrounds.
It was pretty much a foregone 
conclusion that the Kindle would be a hot seller in the fourth quarter. The combination of the holiday season and a new, lower priced device made it a certain hit.
But no one was expecting it to be this hot.
Bite-sized snacks fill the grocery stores. Bite-sized 
gaming is taking that industry by story. So it was only a matter of time before bite-sized eBooks hit the market.
Amazon has unveiled a new initiative dubbed “Kindle Singles” – snacky novellas or essays from thought leaders. The mini-books will range from 10,000 to 30,000 words and will be priced considerably lower than full-length titles.
Read more at Variety’s Technotainment blog
When a 2009 holiday price war erupted between
two of the largest online retailers, GameStop found itself caught in the middle.
Amazon and Wal-Mart kicked off last December by slashing prices on 25 of the year’s most popular video games—with the average discount ranging from 15 percent to 20 percent. That caught GameStop by surprise—and ultimately contributed to the company reporting flat earnings for the nine-week period.
Although some parties thought the eReader would fall 
by the wayside when the iPad hit shelves, Amazon is making an emphatic statement to the contrary. The online retailer has unveiled a new, upgraded Kindle device as well as a new lower-priced model.
The new Kindle, like the old one, boasts a 6-inch screen, but uses a newer type of e-Ink – the same that’s used in the high-end Kindle DX device. It’s also 21 percent smaller, has twice as much storage (4 GB) and Amazon says it has an improved battery life as well.
Chris Morris: Journalist 